Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 15 Oct 2003 to 16 Oct 2003 (#2003-251) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 17/10/2003, 18:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 6 messages totalling 170 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. WotI rules:"Mystic Special Abilities" worth 3 slots? (2) 2. images of Mystara coins 3. Warcraft Mystara Synergy 4. Unpublished TSR Mystara for free (2) ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:52:43 -0700 From: Ramses Ramirez Subject: WotI rules:"Mystic Special Abilities" worth 3 slots? In the WotI codex they have the "mystic special abilities" power choice as being worth 3 slots. It seems strange to me because "dragon form" (worth only 2 slots) for instance seems like it is considerably more powerful than the former. Is there any reason that "mystic special abilities" is worth 3 slots when other more powerful abilities such as "dragon form" (and arguably "thief special abilities") are worth only 2? Am I underestimating this ability or am I right in saying it should be worth no more than 2 slots? Lancer --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:20:34 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Re: images of Mystara coins Thanx. \(^).(^)/ I did not even know anyone liked it... - Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:25:19 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Warcraft Mystara Synergy OK. I want a show of hands for everyone out there who has played WarCraft III? Uh, huh. That's what I thought... I think there's some synergy from WC3, especially in regards to multi-racial armies, technology, and distinct monsters, like the Satyr Trickster or Satyr Soul-Stealer, etc. Recently the Warcraft III RPG (d20 rules) came out, and it looks very interesting, and exciting. I might use some of those ideas (like the d20 technology rules) and some prestige classes for my campaign… - Joaquin PS - Anyone want to form a Warcraft III clan called MYSTARA? :-) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:27:46 -0700 From: Rodger Burns Subject: Re: WotI rules:"Mystic Special Abilities" worth 3 slots? Ramses Ramirez wrote on October 16, 2003: > > > In the WotI codex they have the "mystic special abilities" power > choice as being worth 3 slots. It seems strange to me because > "dragon form" (worth only 2 slots) for instance seems like it is > considerably more powerful than the former. Is there any reason > that "mystic special abilities" is worth 3 slots when other > more powerful abilities such as "dragon form" (and arguably > "thief special abilities") are worth only 2? > > Am I underestimating this ability or am I right in saying it > should be worth no more than 2 slots? I'm fairly sure that Mystic Special Abilities got valued at 3 points because of the Gentle Touch ability. The "I hit you, if your HD are lower than mine you die, no save allowed" effect. (It's *fortunately* usable only once per day.) A rules mod to allow Immortals (only) to save versus Physical Attacks for half damage would probably lower this ability's value to 2. (And on a side note, I'd say that Thief Special Abilities is just fine at 1 slot. So many thief abilities are rendered superfluous by Immortal abilities to cast spells at will - why listen at a door when you can cast _ESP_? Why pick a lock or disarm a trap when you can _Teleport_ right past it? - that making it any more expensive at all would likely cause me to say "Why bother?") "The best lack all conviction, While the worst are full of passionate intensity." - W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming" Rodger Burns ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:21:44 -0700 From: Joaquin Menchaca Subject: Unpublished TSR Mystara for free I remember there was mention of unreleased works at one point. It would be nice to get these. This is the first most sought after unplubished stuff I want to get (the second being Star Frontiers: Zebulans Guide II and internal NeXT cube specifications). -= Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:00:21 +1000 From: shawn stanley Subject: Re: Unpublished TSR Mystara for free At 09:21 PM 16/10/2003 -0700, you wrote: > I remember there was mention of unreleased works at > one point. It would be nice to get these. This is > the first most sought after unplubished stuff I want > to get (the second being Star Frontiers: Zebulans > Guide II and internal NeXT cube specifications). there is unpublished TSR Mystara for free there's the Savage Coast Campaign Book, available on the Vaults at dnd.starflung.com/svge_cst.html there's the Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium, available on the Vaults at dnd.starflung.com/sc_monst.html there's the Orc's Head Peninsula Campaign Book, available on the Vaults at dnd.starflung.com/orcshead.html they are also available on the Vaults in compiled PDF format, the links are on the page dnd.starflung.com/cvgecst.html they are also available for download from the Wizards homepage in RTF or TXT format at www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads shawn stanley what have you done for me lately ... more to the point what have i done for me - mightyfew, "i can't wait" ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 15 Oct 2003 to 16 Oct 2003 (#2003-251) ****************************************************************